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PAGE TWO MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11,1974 FRIDAY, PROMOTER SPEAKS OUT by Dick Newsome Since I have been promoting College Union entertainment so much lately, I've begun to feel like Mars Hill's answer to Bob Ledford, only without the mobile homes. While I still have access to this forum, I thought I'd voice some opinions in general on enter tainment and Mars Hill, The people on the Concert and Dance Committee of the Col lege Union are begin ning to feel frustra ted. What does it take to get people to come to something? Friday, September 27, the dance in McConnell was atten ded by roughlyi.seven- ty-five people. Tuesday, October 1, Moore Auditorium was just a little more than half full for the Mission Mountain Wood Band. It's hard to know what to say about Moore not being pack ed for the Mission Mountain. Of course, they don't have a bunch of albums out of even one hit. But if you stay away be cause you don't hear someone ten times on the radio, you just might miss out on a great experience. That is just what you did if you stayed in your room whan Mis sion Mountain played here, you missed out on a great experience. The low attendance at the dance can be attributed to the fact that the Lions played away that weekend. "No Foot ball Game this week end, may as well go home. There won't be anything to do around school." This attitude is not unique to a few, but a far too common one. The arguement is that home, for some reason or ano ther, (boyfriend, girlfriend, friends or just a better at mosphere in general), has more to offer than does Mars Hill on the weekends. This may be true and for some, I'm sure it is. The problem is that your money is putting on the week end entertainment while you decide to go home. It is surprising that students are not in an uproar about this, that with the weekend exodus there is not a demand for only weekday enter tainment when most of the students are on campus. The obvious tradition of "work" during the week and "play" during the weekend is a strong force against this change and probably should be. Where does that leave us? Maybe a little more aware of the situation, but not at a solution. As things are now, the Concert and Dance Committee should realize that Friday and Saturday night on campus entertain ment has tough comp etition in the form of Hometown, U.S.A. Therefore, whatever is to appear has to be creative, broadly appealing and, above all, well publicized. Students who reg ularly stay on campus for the weekends should make sure that planned entertainment is responsive to their likes and dis likes . How? Voice opinions, join comm ittees, "Become Ac tive ." while on dances, low attendence has a]so been attributed to the type of music played. Blacks com plain about the ab sence of "Soul Music." My answer to that is that "Soul Music" is no more "black" than the electronically synthesized music of Emerson Lake and Palmer or Todd Rundgren is "white." It's really tragic that with all the problems there are in the world, we have to apply racial labels to types of music. Simply said, music is just music. Taste, likes and dislikes are environmental, not racial. If you don't believe that, consider Jimi Hendrix For those who com plain about the type of entertainment put on by the College Union, I suggest get ting on the College Union Committee that is connected with the area of entertainment you are complaining about so much. All the committees have ah - open admission policy with just one requirement, a will ingness to give some of your time to the planning and carrying out of activities. I+-'s one of those few opportunities where an overall minority can be a majority, if they will only get it together. Organiza tion and action, not complaining and stay ing away, get things done. BASH by Belinda Scalzo A car bash?Who ever heard of taking out frustrations on an old car? Well, the sophomore class figur ed that all of us who are not football play ers would still want a piece of the action.. To show off our Lion spirit, the unique idea is to grab a hammer and pound away at the metal Quaker. For all you destruc tive people,the glass will be intact! The ill-fated car will be located on or near the green beside the cafeteria and its' hours of torture are Thursday , October 17 from 4-7:00 ; Friday, October 18 from 4-7:00 and Saturday, October 19 from 10-12:00. Come on, everybody, Do something this coming Homecoming weekend to show that "Lions , we're right behind you !!" (Yea, sophomore class-we're behind YOU too!!) ^ Carroll O'Connor Tve never had cancer But I'd be crazy to ignore it. I know many cancers can be cured if they're de tected early. But you've got to know the warning sig nals: Change in bowel or bladder habits. A sore that does not heal. Unusual bleeding or discharge. Thickening or lump in breast or elsewhere. Indi gestion ordifficulty in swal lowing. Obvious change in wart or mole. Nagging cough or hoarseness. "If one of them appears, see your doctor right away- .The odds are you don't have cancer. But only your doctor can tell you that for sure." American Cancer Society THE GOOD, THE BAD. 'AND THE AWFUL By Bob Kramer Movie Buffs rejoicel There will be a course based on film taught during Spring term. The course title will be "The Reel World" and it will be taught by yours truly. It will be one of the Human Societies 222 sec tions, and will be geared toward the competency statement on values in Ameri can cultrue. (If you have already had HS 222 and are interest ed in doing an internship, see me.) The class will meet on Tuesday and Thurs day evenings (not al ways on both nights), from 6:45 until 7:15 at the Mars Theatre with the film sched uled to begin at 7:30. There will be a week ly class meeting on Mondays to discuss the films and to do exercises aimed at causing one to study his own values. We will also be compar ing our own values with those on the screen. Some of the films to be included are: Cabaret, The Parallax View, Ameri- (-31-1 Graffiti, The is he a murdereJ^' Write your own endii*^ A New Leaf - (P^^ Sting, The Exorcist, White Wish. Dawn and Death Now for the films: The Good: Walter Matthau 15 Sundance Kid-(PG)- Re-release of what will someday be a classic. Who can forget Redford and Newman jumping from the cliff while ex cellently expressing themselves. Chinatown - (R) -1930 murder mystery with Jack Nicholson as the private eye and Faye Dunaway as the client. Good film but bad ending. The knife in the nose was Director Roman Polanski' s idea; if it doesn't make you flinch nothing will. The Bad: comedy. There cou never be a woman li^^ the one he marri®®’ (Gott sie dankl) The Awful: The Great GatsbyCP^^' I know the girls going to hate me this one. Redf®^^ and an all-star in the "Bomb of Year." Hope the .i' iators clank; it keep you awake. EDITOR'S NOT^ In reference to article on the , S.V grading policy academic suspen^^^ policy by Easterby that was ^ in the last issv® ,, Oliver- (G)-Fair musi cal but not on the level with Sound of Music and Mary the Hilltop, the ^ for 3^' lowing changes to be made: . Grading Policy Popp ins. become effeC^jji June 1, 1975 and Academic Suspeh^y Policy will h®^ j effective Januai'^ 1975. tP. Man on a Swing-(PG)- Joel Grey of Cabaret as an eerie psychic. Is he clairvoyant or Pounde froi of tl white I fions Rovembe Durir fiture Be She Ion ^STs . "^Ogi '■"i^oil
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